[Main milestones in the development of nutrition science (on the 95th anniversary of the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Biotechnology and the anniversary of the journal Voprosy Pitaniia)].

Abstract

This year marks the 95th anniversary of the Federal Research Center of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety (formerly the Institute of Nutrition) and the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the journal "Voprosy Pitaniia". The main areas of activity were the study of the chemical composition of the diet, the nutritional epidemiology in various groups of the Russian population (children, pregnant and lactating women, the elderly, athletes), food and noval food safety, as well as the development of therapeutic diets for various diseases and food for special dietary uses for different groups of the population. Throughout all these years, the latest scientific achievements of the Institute's staff and other outstanding specialists in the field of optimal and therapeutic nutrition have been published in the journal "Voprosy Pitaniia".